Concrete is essential in many modern structures, from buildings to bridges and dams. Strengthening and reinforcing the material is essential in ensuring its strength and durability. Unfortunately, traditional concrete reinforcement and durability methods are becoming outdated and are only sometimes ...
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What are the Risks of Pouring Concrete at a Wrong Temperature?
Placing concrete at the correct temperature is critical for its durability and ultimate strength. This is because temperatures above the normal concrete curing range (32 °C) will not only reduce the workability of concrete but also cause a significant reduction ...
How to Prevent Reinforcement Corrosion on Site?
Corrosion of steel bars is highly detrimental for reinforced concrete elements and might undermine their serviceability and even cause structural failure. However, various precautions can be taken to prevent corrosion of steel bars on construction sites. Concrete with high quality ...
Exposure Conditions Affecting the Durability of Concrete
Different exposure conditions are established based on the degree of severity of the environmental conditions of the area in which the structure is located. Various codes such as Indian Standard, American Concrete Institute, and European Standard have set similar exposure ...
Can Carrots Make Concrete Greener and Stronger?
Celluloses from carrots are being studied as part of a research to contribute to a much stronger and environmentally friendly concrete. A group of researchers at Britain’s Lancaster University used nanoparticles from root vegetables like carrots to produce stronger concrete. ...
How to Choose the Best Concrete Sealer? [PDF]
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Concrete sealer compounds are available in varied options in the market, and that makes it hard to choose the best out of it. Choosing the right concrete sealer compounds for your indoor space requires basic knowledge of different types of concrete ...
Concrete Sealing Compounds – Features & Types [PDF]
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Concrete sealing compounds or concrete sealers are liquids applied on the hardened concrete surface to prevent the penetration of deicing solutions, carbon-di-oxide, acids, water, etc. into the concrete. The penetration of such materials results in corrosion of reinforcing steel and ...
Design of Concrete Structures for Durability
Adequate concrete durability can be obtained in the design phase when a structure is conceived, and structural calculations are made, details are designed, materials and their proportions, as well as possible additional preventative measures, are selected. Prevention is further materialized ...